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Keplero's dream: the "Lightsail-2" solar sail works

The mission is a success - VIDEO

It will be possible to perform controlled flights in space thanks to solar energy: this is confirmed by the functionality of the "Lightsail-2" solar sail, brought into space on June 25 (see AVIONEWS), at 720 kilometers of altitude, inside "Prox -1", one of the 24 satellites launched with a "Falcon Heavy". The sail has made a small change in the course of its orbit, due to the pressure exerted by the...

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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

AerospaceSpace X launches LightSail 2 into orbit

Falcon Heavy rocket carried 24 spacecraft

Today SpaceX has launched the Space Test Program 2 (STP-2) mission. From the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Falcon Heavy rocket was launched for its third expedition: on board the... more

AerospaceTomorrow morning launch of LightSail 2, the "light" space sail

It will demonstrate that solar-powered space navigation is possible -VIDEO

The launch of the LightSail 2 space sail, the "light sail" designed to demonstrate how space propulsion is based on sunlight will take place at 5:30 am Italian time tomorrow. The sail will be taken into... more

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Dragon will dock with the space station tomorrow

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AerospaceERS-2 reenters Earth’s atmosphere over Pacific Ocean

The satellite was launched almost 30 years ago, in 1995

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